Wardrobe-trunk.



WITNESSES.

D. GOLDSMITH. WARDROBE TRUNK. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-I7, l9l3.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

ATTORNEY- D. GOLDSMITH.

. WARDROBE TRBNK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-17,1313.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

WlT/VESSES:

MJQMQ DAVID GOLDS'MITTEI, HF NENVARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR '20 L.GULDSI'FIITH $5 SON, OF NEWARK, NEN JERSEY, A FIRM. COMPOSED OF DAVIDGQLDSlViITI-I, NATHAN GQLDSMITH, AND DELVID OSTERV/"EIE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. Y, 19316.

Application filed September 1?, 1913. Serial No. 790,179.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, DAVID Gonnsrurrr, a citizen of the U itcd States anda. resi dent of Newark. in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain Improvements in Vardrobe Trunks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a. swinging support for thegarment hangers which shall be firm and strong and 'which shallstrengthen the trunk; to secure an improved pivotal head for theattachment of the garment hangers to said swinging support; to provide abracket upon the back of the trunk for supporting the free ends of thehangers when closed into the trunk; to secure simplicity of constructionand ope ation. durability and freedom from get-ting out of: order, andto obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in thefollowing description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate the same parts throughout the several views. Figure 1is a perspectiveyiew of a wardrobe trunk embodying my improvements, thesame being shown open to receive garments and with a portion of its wallbroken away to disclose the bracket abovementioned: Fig. 2 is atransverse section of a portion of the trunk taken just above theswinging; support and Showing the same with the garment hangers removed;Fig. 3 is a detail plan of the swingino' support in closed or foldedposition and removed tron'i the trunk body; Fi 4 is a detail longitudhnal section through the pivoted end of a ment hanger, on line A A, Fig.5, and is a perspective view of one of the pivotal heads 'for thehangers.

In said drawings, 1 indicates the Wardrobe section of the trunk and '2its packing section. said wardrobescction hauuo a back 3, sides 4-, 5,and top 6 and bottom 7. To the side Wall 4; next the packing section 2.and near the top 6 of the trunk. applied a. swinging support 8 adaptedto open iorwardly into substantially the plane of the front of the.wardrobe section, as shown in Figsl and 2. and to close rearwardlyagainst the side wall 4.. To this swinging support 54 are hinged aseries of garment hangers S) to receive garments as iustrated laytrousers i n the dra'wi in use said section, as shown, but when forshipment the support 8 is closed inward th hangers lie parallel to theback 3 of the trunk, preferably with their free ends over a bracket 11shown in Fig. 1 and hereinafter described.

In the particular form shown, the support 8 comprises a leaf 12, seeFigs. 2 and 3. adapted to be fixedly secured to the side wall s ot thetrunk, and a swinging member p voted to the front end of the leaf l2 andadapted to carry the garment hangers 9, as subsequently described. It ispreferable to form said member 13 from a single piece of "sheet metalbent into channel shape longitudinally along its middle 14- andproviding at its margins li'eetv or flange 15, 15 in sub stantially thesame plane and on opposite sides ofthc channel portion. The horizontalprojecting rib or middle portion 14% provides a series of verticalsockets 16 arranged at suitable distances apart and each formed byalined holes in the upper and lower sides of said projecting portion.Preferably, at one end of the said member 13, the flanges 15 areextended beyond the middle channel portion 14- us at 17. and wrappedaround a hinge pin 18 to which the adjacent end of the flanges 15 andsecured by rivets 19 or equivalent means thereto. The leaf 12 attachedhorizontally to the side wall 4 forms a rigid brace for strengtheningthe trunk,

in addition to providing a pivotal mounting for the swinging" member 13.A stop 20 may project from the exposed surface oi the leaf 12 adjacentits inner end or end away from the hinge. so as to limit the in wardswing of the member 13 into substantially parallel relation thereto inclosed position. said stop also acting: as a support for the free end ofthe swinging member if it be. so desired. Also. in forming the hingeextension 21 on the leaf 1? it is preferable to produce a shoulder 22therein which projects out 'ardly beyond the end of the leaf and lies inthe path of the member 13 so as to limit its outward swing, as shown inFig. 3. Such limitation is pretcrably to prevent the'mcmhcr 3 fromswinging out Farther than the plane of the open front, but obviouslysuch limitation may be made to any degree desired and may be caused bya. stop otherwise positioned than the particular ono heroin Slh'HVIl.

clamping means securing it thereto.

I have shown the hangers, forpurposes of illustration, consisting eachof two fiat strips 23, 23 arranged vertically edgewise and adapted toclamp between themselves a garment such as the trousers 10 which areshown, the outer ends of said strips being releasably held together by aclip 2% of any ordinary and well-known type. understood, however, thatany other form of hange' adapted to support garments or the like mightbe substituted for the one which I have specifically shown, withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

For pivotally connecting each hanger to the swinging member 13, the sameis provided at its inner end with a head as shown in detail moreparticularly in Figs. 4 and 5. This head is preferably stamped out of a.single, piece o1 sheet metal doubled together so that its opposite ends'26, 2G together form a sleeve to fit over the ends of the strips 23,'23, rivets 27' or equivalent llx tending from said sleeve in theopposite direction from said strips, the head 25 prorides a neck 28which connects the sleeve to .a transversely upright pivot formed at thedoubled edge of the head, and which projects upward above the neck as at30 and also downward below said neck as at 31 sufficiently to passentirely through the rib ll of the swinging member 13, allowing the neckto rest edgewise on the top of said rib, as shoi'n in Fig. 1. It ispreferable to stamp the pivot 29 into cylindrical shape with conical ortapered ends, as shown, so as to permit readily inserting the same intothe sockets l6 and mounting the hanger to swing freely on the member 13.The neck 28 is preferably of less height than the sleevev formed by theends 26, 26 and projects from the same adjacent the top thereof,although it will be understood that I do not limit my self to suchdetails.

The upper end 30 of the pivot 29 prevents by its engagement with the top(3 of the trunk removal of the pivot from its seat or hearing, exceptwhen the swinging member 13 is in its extreme forward position, and thusthe hinged ends of the hangers are secured against dislodgment duringshipment of the trunk.

The bracket H l have shown made oi? strap iron with its forward end 32roundei'l and overlapping feet 325, ill at its rear end. which areriveted or otherwise firmly se cured to the back of the trunk invertical position at a little distance from the side wall 5, so thatthere will be no uncertainty about the free ends of the hangers 9,overlying the bracket. The hangers readily swing into closed positionoverlying said It will be.

bracket as the swinging support member 13 is pushed back against theside wall i, and the garments depend from said hangers between thebracket and swinging support. The bracket 11 being free from theadjacent side wallot' the trunk enables a hand to be inserted between itand said side wall, as for instance to untastenthe clasp of one of thehangers 9 and release the garmentheld thereby without swinging all ofthe hangers out into the room. 7

Obviously, various modifications in detail construction can be made bythose skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope ofmy invention, and I' do not wish to be understood as restricting myselfexcept as required by the following claims when construed in thelight ofthe prior art.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination with a trunk, oi a garment hanger support comprisinga leaf fixed firmly to the side of said trunk, a swinging member havinga middle rib with llanges on opposite sides thereof extending at one endof the member beyond said middle rib, a hinge pin on said leaf aroundwhich pin said extending flanges are hingedly wrapped, and a shoulder onone of said members adapted to engage the other and limit the outwardswing of the swinging member.

'2. The combination with a trunk, of a garment hanger support comprisinga leaf fixed firmly to the side of said trunk trans versely thereof andextending substantially the depth of said side bracing the same. aswinging memberhav g a middle rib with flanges on opposite smes thereofextending at one end of the member beyond said middle rib, a hinge pinon said leaf around which ')in said. extending flan es are hin edlywrapped. and a shoulder on one o'l said members adapted to engage theother and limit the outward swing oi" the swinging member.

In atrunk. the combination with a socketed support hingedly mountedthereon to swing in a plane parallel and adjacent to the top of thetrunk. of a garment hanger having a head with a transverse pivot at theend thereof projecting both up ard and downward, the lower end of saidpivot adapted to enter a socket 0? said support and the upper endadapted to engage the top of the. trunk and prevent removal f the lowerend from its socket when the support lies beneath-the trunk top.

DAVID o mnsinri-r t. s.l

\Vitnesses:

Ina M. Mnaoo'r'r. C. B. llor'r.

